The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-10-12
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The A. U. NJ. P. church, of New
Hope, contemplate holding a fair in the
near future.
From the reports, the Bucks County
Woman's Temperance Union has distri.
buted during the past six months in the
county $4,000 pages of temperance liter
allure, 900 young people have become
members of the loyal legions, $4,000
have been expended in temperance work
ana five reading rooms established.
The courts of Pennsylvania have de-
cided that no boundary fence can be
made of barbed wire without the consent
of the parties owning adjacent lands, and
any man who puts such fences along the
highway renders himself liable for all
injuries resulting to stock passing along
the highway.
While Mr.. George Appleton was re-
turning from the Doylestown fair one
day last week, and while passing one of
the toll gates, large stone was thrown
into the wagon which struck Mrs. Apple
ton on the shoulder and seriously hurt
her. 1t is supposed that the stone was
thrown by an insane snan who mistook
Mr.. A. for another person against whom
he bas a grudge.
Thomas jerks Petit, married man
and farmer, residing near Buchanan
vile, was found hanging to the limb of
an apple tree upon the premises of He'll
G. Quinn, near Pineville, early on We'd
nesday morning. The snicide had been
in Doylestown during the day and paid
his county tax, after which he started
home somewhat under the influence of
liquor. He stopped on his way home at
Quinn's house and left about 8 o'clock in
the evening. He used the lines of a set
of harness, which he passed twice around
his neck and then held the remaining end
in his right hand, in which manner he
was found.
The twenty-third annual exhibition
Of the Doylestown Agricultural and Me.
chanics' Institute was held last week.
The Bucks County Mirror says: A
tour of the grounds showed that in some
departments there were more entries
than in other recent years, while in
other departments, notably in the ex-
hibits of live stock, there was n great
falling off. The exhibits of poultry,
pigeons, etc., were very fine, and also
larger than for some years. The display
OF carriages, wagons, agricultural imple-
ments, ETC., was also large one and to
the farmers, at least, among the most in
teresting features of the fair. In the
main building, however, where the ladies
delight to pass their time, the excellence
of the exhibits of this year over those OF
some of the recent years, was particu.
larly noticeable. There was much
larger variety of fancy work ON exhibit
ton than common, while of fruits, pre-
serves, pies, cakes, etc, there seemed to
be no end. The space under the grand
stand was filled with fine selection OF
stoves, vegetables, grain, etc. In the
horse department some fine animals were
shown. Among them was the celebrated
horse "Rigoletto, which has an illustri
Gus ancestry, going back to "Blaeh
Hawk, "Ethan Allen "Lady Thorne,
and other famous sires and dams. The
cattle stalls on the other hand, and the
pens devoted to the exhibition of sheer
and swine, looked wofully deserted
There were scarcely more than half
dozen head of cattle on show while the
number of sheep and pigs was CORE
spondingly small. Last year these de.
partments were unusually well filled, and
proved an interesting feature of the exhi
bition. Why this great falling. off in the
exhibits Oh fakirs, eating stands,
catch penny exhibits, &C., which go fan
in the opinion of many towards making
a successful fair, there was no end
There was the French wheel, the peddle
gang, and other nameless devices for en-.
ticine the nimble sixpence ont of the
pockets of the unwary. But of course
the chief attraction was tho race course,
the performances there being made still
more interesting and exciting by the
performances OF Prof. Gleason, the horse
tanner.